Regex for selecting DB entry starting with any number...

[kabbink]

Hello all,

Sorry I am a total regexp noob and my question will probably take any one of you only a few seconds.  Im sure it has been asked before but I tried searching and couldnt find it.  This might be a good one to add to the "Common Expressions" thread.

Anyway all I am trying to do is select from a MySQL database any entry that starts with any number....

My query will look like this
$sql = "SELECT * FROM members WHERE company LIKE '[b]regexp[/b]' ORDER BY company";

Thanks for the help on this mundane questions...
Kevin

[effigy]

MySQL has a [url=http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/regexp.html]REGEXP[/url] operator for this. Try [tt]SELECT field REGEXP '^[0-9]'[/tt].

[kabbink]

Hello and thanks for the reply...

So do I need to do something like this:

SELECT * FROM members WHERE company LIKE '^[0-9]%'

I need to select everything from my members database where the company field [i]begins[/i] with a number.

The above query yields no results so obviously I am doing something wrong...

Sorry for not understanding your first answer.
Kevin

[effigy]

Look [url=http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/pattern-matching.html]here[/url]. [tt]SELECT * FROM members WHERE company REGEXP '^[0-9]'[/tt]